Construction of Balongan refinery to start soon<\/p>\n
A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
State oil and gas company Pertamina signed a contract on
\nFriday with a consortium consisting of a Japanese and an
\nIndonesian firm, which will develop a refinery facility that will
\nproduce unleaded gasoline.<\/p>\n
The US$153 million refinery facility will be located in
\nBalongan, West Java.<\/p>\n
The contract was signed by Pertamina president Baihaki Hakim,
\npresident of Toyo Engineering Corporation Toshiko Hirose, and
\ndirector of PT Rekayasa Engineering Sri Widodo.<\/p>\n
The construction of the project will start at the end of
\nFebruary, and is slated to be completed after 27 months of
\nconstruction work.<\/p>\n
The construction of the refinery is part of the government's
\nprogram to push car owners to use unleaded gasoline so as to
\nreduce the level of air pollution.<\/p>\n
Most automotive vehicles here currently use leaded gasoline,
\nwhich is deemed hazardous to health.<\/p>\n
The government hopes Indonesia will be lead-fuel free by 2005.<\/p>\n
The lead-fuel free program was started by the government in
\nJuly 2001 and already has been launched in Jakarta, Cirebon (West
\nJava), and Bali.<\/p>\n
The above consortium won the contract to develop five refinery
\nfacilities after outbidding some 47 competitors. The contract is
\ncalled an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
\ncontract.<\/p>\n
\"They were chosen because they had offered the lowest price,\"
\nBaihaki told reporters after the signing of the contract at his
\noffice.<\/p>",
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